The weather was muggy, and even early in the morning, a few small birds could be seen flying past the transparent glass window in front of her. Mu Xue stood in front of the window for a long time, holding her documents, until someone called out to her.
"Mu Xue, the new employee you were training a few days ago resigned. I'll arrange a new one for you. Come to my office in a bit."
Mu Xue turned around and responded. The scene from yesterday was still vivid in her mind. Xi Xinxin had so openly snatched someone away. She suddenly laughed out loud. This person was indeed very interesting.
Zhou Zhou and Mu Xiaoxue stared seriously at the computer in front of them: "Are you ready?"
Chu Quanyi crossed her legs, a lollipop still in her mouth, and asked, "What are those two doing?"
"Results are out today." Xi Xinxin also grabbed a lollipop. It was made by He Fang. There were many different styles and flavors. However, it wasn't too sweet.
Xi Xinxin gave Zhang Suxiang a few. Zhang Suxiang hadn't quite gotten used to the pace of these conversations yet, but she felt that being with young people made her feel much younger too.
Even more absurdly, she lost to someone younger than herself. Indeed, experience speaks volumes.
It's not just those two who are paying attention to checking grades every week. She's always getting tutoring on the first floor, and many of the regulars know her now. They even sit next to her and check their grades together.
Xi Xinxin planned to go in and get some more candy to share with everyone. As she came out of the kitchen, she heard a burst of cheers.
Xi Xinxin clapped her hands: "Okay, keep quiet after you're done being excited. Don't disturb the other guests."
It seems the results are quite good.
They divided the candy among themselves. The two women also calmed down from their excitement. Mu Xiaoxue's goal was clear: to follow in her sister's footsteps.
Zhouzhou's score was slightly lower than Mu Xiaoxue's, but it was still quite good. They had previously agreed that Zhouzhou would attend Xi Xinxin's school, but her grades were still a bit lower. Zhouzhou wasn't disappointed.
"Honey, I've thought it through. I don't necessarily have to meet you at school. I can meet you at the shop just the same."
"Yes. Choose a school and major you like. Your mother and I will take you there together."
It was very relaxing. So relaxing that Zhang Suxiang felt she had chosen the wrong place: "Teacher, when do we start studying?"
Just then, a large package from Xi Xinxin arrived: "At this time, to enhance your practical skills, I ordered many excellent human models for you."
Zhang Suxiang felt a chill. She had a feeling that something unexpected was about to happen.
The four of them carried a box of packages and walked towards the underground laboratory.
Zhou Zhou asked in confusion, "Brother Chuanyu, is there anything else in the shop?"
Li Chuanyu shrugged: "That's the boss's private matter, it's best not to ask."
Zhang Suxiang was shocked when she saw the entire underground laboratory.
Chu Quanyi tapped Mei Qing on the shoulder: "See that? That's a normal person's reaction. Next time, you should show me something even more shocking."
Zhang Suxiang entered the medical section and saw many reagents: "Teacher Xi, what are these?"
"These are things you'll be learning from me later. Once I've finished studying them, you'll be good enough to be an attending physician based on what I taught you earlier. So you don't need to worry about me keeping you here for too long." Xi Xinxin started unpacking the package.
Fortunately, there was enough space, otherwise there might not have been enough room for everything.
Chu Quanyi looked at them and said, "I'll move these to my studio."
After all, the two of them have different strengths.
So the four of them embarked on another moving trip.
Zhou Zhou was watching from the first floor. Xi Xinxin and the others carried one thing after another out of that door: "I really want to know, is it a warehouse or something?"
"Which warehouse has such high-end computers?!" Li Chuanyu's eyes were like rulers!
Although those electronic devices only passed in front of him for a short while, he understood their value very well.
"Jiang Zhouzhou, do you want to go on an adventure with me to that place?"
Zhou Zhou mimicked Li Chuanyu's tone, "That's the boss's private matter. It's best not to ask."
Li Chuanyu disagreed: "People's thoughts can change. Don't you want to see what's inside? What if the boss is actually hiding a woman there?"
Zhou Zhou frowned and gave him an idiot look: "It's a society governed by law, bro."
Li Chuanyu gave an awkward smile. Secretly, he was still thinking that he thought Zhou Zhou was easy to fool.
Seeing that Xi Xinxin and the others had already moved in, Li Chuanyu really wanted to play with those computers. Maybe there were more behind that door, but it wasn't convenient for him to leave his post right now.
"I'm going on a big adventure tonight anyway. Are you coming or not?"
"……Come"
"Heh. What a pretentious little brat."
Just as Zhou Zhou was about to retort, she realized a problem: "Where are you going to get the key to the door?"
"What door key?"
The voice came from behind them. They stiffly turned around and were met with Xi Xinxin's eerie smile.
"Ah. Haha."
Xi Xinxin took a key out of her pocket and placed it on the coffee table: "Since we're good friends, there's no need to hide it from you. If you want to see, you can go see."
She then turned and left, leaving the two of them staring at each other in bewilderment.
Zhang Suxiang followed behind Xi Xinxin: "Aren't you afraid they might accidentally bump into something valuable?"
“Those two won’t go into the lab.” Xi Xinxin’s gaze fell on a man dressed as a deliveryman in the store: “We’re doing this for that person to see.”
Zhang Suxiang narrowed her eyes: "What's going on, teacher?"
"You might not know this, but two robbers have broken into the store before. However, they were not caught."
Zhang Suxiang had also heard about this matter.
“That guy pretending to be a deliveryman is one of their accomplices. Looks like he’s here to scout things out again. Looks like he’s trying to steal something from the lab. So I need your help to set things up in the lab.” Xi Xinxin handed Zhang Suxiang the blueprints.
"Then follow me through the back door. Pretend you've already left, but I actually have another exit."
Zhang Suxiang had so many questions. Why were there so many passageways? Why was there a laboratory in the basement of her shop? And how did she know that person was an accomplice?
Xi Xinxin only recently remembered this. There's a robbery scene during the climax of the male and female leads' relationship. This robbery was carried out by a team.
There were only three people in total. Two of them have already been arrested. Only one person is left.
According to the book, the kidnapping of the female protagonist was originally intended for the Xi family. However, there are now too many butterfly effects.
Xi Xinxin had great confidence in her observation skills. The deliveryman made an excuse to go off duty, but he had actually been observing the store the whole time, especially when they were moving computers and other items.
"Why don't you just call the police?"
"Maybe I have a slightly perverse sense of humor?" Xi Xinxin pointed to the blueprints.
Zhang Suxiang glanced at the plan and became excited: "Actually, I really enjoy playing this kind of game too!"
"I heard from Feng Yufeng that you have a somewhat gloomy side?"
"Feng Yufeng? Oh well, he's alright. I've only played pranks on a few people who looked down on me. I guess the rumors are getting more and more outrageous." Zhang Suxiang's tone, which had been deliberately concealing her playfulness, was completely gone.
"Why?"
Zhang Suxiang didn't speak, but she pointed to the blueprints and said, "I'll tell you if this plan makes me happy."
Xi Xinxin raised her fist: "Let's have a competition. Let's see who gets better results?"
Zhang Suxiang clenched his fist: "This time I will definitely win."
Tonight was also the last night Li Chuanyu would close the shop. He looked around and then muttered to himself, "I'd better not go look. I'll just leave the key hanging. I'll return it to the boss tomorrow."
After closing the door, he left humming a song.
Xi Xinxin gestured for Zhang Suxiang to follow her. Just as they were about to open the back door, Chu Quanyi suddenly jumped out: "Wow! What are you doing?"
He gave a general account of what had happened. Clearly, Chu Quanyi was also interested: "Count me in! You never encounter something this exciting in real life."
Zhang Suxiang didn't understand what Chu Quanyi meant. But her teacher had let her join, which meant there would be one more person in the competition.
Chu Quanyi walked into the room and nodded in satisfaction: "As expected of my design. I love adding this kind of back door."
"Are you a designer? Did you design this basement?"
Xi Xinxin explained to Chu Quanyi: "She just likes to add backdoors. Actually, she wasn't the main designer."
The three of them entered the laboratory first, waiting for their prey to take the bait.
A hand reached out and took the key. He went up to the second floor but found the door locked, so he gave up.
He went downstairs again and pulled back the curtain. There were no more desserts left in the kitchen. The man snorted coldly and kicked over the trash can next to him.
He used his key to open the door. Below was a staircase. The man turned on his flashlight and went down to the ground floor where there was another door. This door wasn't locked. He opened it easily.
The space was large. The man clicked his tongue a few times and started looking for the headlight switch. He found it quickly. As soon as he turned it on, the entire room was lit. Before he could even see what was around him...
The lights suddenly went out.
The man's heart skipped a beat, assuming it was a sudden power outage. Sure enough, after trying a few times, the lights wouldn't turn on at all. Left with no other option, he turned on his flashlight to see what was inside.
He was startled when he saw a row of human and skeletal models: "What? How much are these models worth? Aren't there any electronic devices?"
He kicked the model to the ground. The rabbit and mouse nearby were startled and made small noises.
So much so that the man didn't even notice when he turned around that the models he had kicked over had all returned to their original positions.
The man spotted another switch. He pressed it, just to try it out. A light came on behind him. Just as he was wondering if it was some other circuit, he turned around and saw the model that had just been knocked over.
They all reappeared in their places.
The man was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. Suddenly the headlights came on again. Before he could react and open his eyes, the lights went out again.
Chu Quanyi, wearing night-vision goggles, almost burst out laughing. She took out a red liquid, sucked it into a syringe, and rolled it next to the man.
The man couldn't bear to look directly at that small patch of light. He was about to get up when he touched something else. To him, it was a syringe filled with blood. He yelled, "Who the hell is playing tricks on me?"
The lights suddenly switched on and off. This time, the man could vaguely see the figure of a woman. He turned on his flashlight and began shining it around: "Come out!"
Zhang Suxiang breathed a sigh of relief; she had almost been discovered. She noticed that Xi Xinxin seemed to be doing something.
The man's flashlight, shining its screen across various areas, made it difficult for the two women to hide and dodge. Fortunately, they were more familiar with the laboratory.
The man pulled up a chair and sat down. Suddenly, he felt something sticky on his hand; when he touched it, it was covered in red blood. He got up and sat on the floor. Looking up, he discovered that the model he had just seen had each face distorted and seemed to be twitching.
Xi Xinxin leaned closer to Chu Quanyi and whispered, "Don't make a mess of my lab."
"I just mixed some water into the tomato sauce, I'll clean it up for you later."
Zhang Suxiang asked curiously, "How was this model made?"
"I bought the more expensive one. It has a support frame inside that allows it to move."
The man still heard the voice: "Come out!"
At that moment, the headlights were fully turned on, and the man slowly opened his eyes. Three women walked up to him. One of them, still clutching her stomach, laughed, "How embarrassing! How embarrassing!"
The three of them took off their night vision goggles.
“So here’s the question,” Xi Xinxin asked, “Sir, do you find the lights off scarier, the model scarier, or the liquid scarier?”
The man flew into a rage, hurling insults at the crowd. He was clearly terrified; he charged forward, intending to teach the group a lesson.
Chu Quanyi quickly pulled Zhang Suxiang back. Xi Xinxin kicked the man away.
Fortunately, the computer parts had just been moved away, and the ground was empty with nothing damaged.
Xi Xinxin grabbed the man by the collar: "Tell me. Which one is scarier?"
"I won't tell!"
Xi Xin knocked the man unconscious with a karate chop: "Forget it. I should have known he wouldn't talk. Call the police. Make him reimburse you for any damage to the things he touched."
Zhang Suxiang stared in disbelief: "Has my teacher always been this amazing?"
Chu Quanyi nodded.
Inside the prison.
The man who had been there earlier was still chewing on his food while operating the sewing machine: "Oh. What brings you in here too?"
Zhang Suxiang hadn't been this carefree in a long time, so she stretched and said, "Actually, my parents..."
Xi Xinxin covered her mouth and made a shushing gesture: "This draw doesn't count. We agreed. You can talk about it after I beat you."
"Let's go. Let's go rest."
Chu Quanyi followed eagerly behind. Xi Xinxin stopped him: "Has something been forgotten?"
He pointed to the red liquid on the chair on the ground.
"Remember to disinfect after cleaning."
Chu Quanyi could only reluctantly accept the task of cleaning. Zhang Suxiang also took a rag: "Let me help you."
A moment of silence followed. Zhang Suxiang then asked, "Do you two have teachers? How old are your teachers? Why did you build a laboratory here? What are you ultimately planning to research? And..."
"Anything else?" Chu Quanyi was almost overwhelmed; this person was asking so many questions at once, even though he didn't seem like a talkative person.
"And how do I build a good relationship with Teacher Xi Xinxin?"
Zhang Suxiang's eyes still lingered with longing; she really wanted to tease Xi Xinxin herself. That's probably why not many people liked her. She hoped Xi Xinxin would always treat her as a good student.
At this point, Chu Quanyi got really excited: "Hmph. You can wipe my part and I'll tell you."
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